This dissertation explores how California history museums represent the history of children and childhood. This work is inspired by earlier studies in the fields of anthropology, sociology, museum studies, and public history that question and analyze . . .

“Harvesting Suburbs” attempts to provide an understanding that agricultural communities in California represent a unique rural suburban type labeled here as “agriburbs.” Such an understanding deepens an appreciation for both the growth and development . . .

This dissertation explores the historic preservation and public memory of America’s Nike air defense missile program. To defend against nuclear attacks delivered by Soviet bombers in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s the United States constructed a massive air . . .

This project will prove that Ancient Greeks were not simply a fantastical civilization relegated only to the past. They remain deeply still relevant and influential to American public memory. Sources of Data I will use three different sources of data. . . .

The California State Parks Photographic Archives currently describes its collection of images in the Guide to California State Parks Photographic Archives (Guide). The 2014 edition of the Guide provides a broad Scope and Content for the entire collect . . .

This project determines the eligibility of and establishes a historic context for the nomination of the Security Trust Company Bank Building to the National Register of Historic Places as a commercial building, with an accompanying nomination form. So . . .

The California State Archives received the records of State Legislator Michael Machado through several different accessions and had not been previously arranged or described. The Michael Machado collection contained material on a variety of paper medi . . .

Local history writing and publishing is a burgeoning industry, with tens of thousands of books released nationwide in just the past two decades. In general, the public prefers interacting with history on a personal level. This has traditionally involv . . .

This project nominates the Wilson residence in Newcastle, California to the National Register of Historic Places. By establishing the historic context and determining the significance and integrity of the property, the Wilson residence is eligible und . . .

The California State Railroad Museum Foundation (CSRMF) emerged out of a vast network of docents, fundraisers, state workers and interested citizens involved in the 1976 opening of the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California. The Ca . . .

The 1979 National Register documentation of the Minidoka Relocation Center, a nomination from 1979, was outdated and insufficient. The historic context was lacking, and only a handful of extant historical buildings were included in the old site nomina . . .

Most hollow clay tile residential buildings have stucco or brick veneer, rendering them undiscernible from frame construction. Most of these buildings can only be located through Sanborn Maps, and recording the surviving residences will aid the City P . . .

The California State Parks, Photographic Archives uses a database called The Museum System to catalog its collection of photographic materials. The contents of the database are a product of newly input data and previous records migrated from legacy so . . .

California Craftsman Architecture: an Interactive Historical Database is a website that advocates for historic preservation of Craftsman architecture in California. The site fosters public participation by utilizing education, empowerment, and accessi . . .

For more than 150 years, Mount Vernon has preserved and promoted the legacy of George Washington. Recently, with the construction of a new presidential library, the special collections were moved from the old library to their permanent home. When the . . .

The purpose of this project is to establish the historical significance and integrity of TB-9 (temporary building #9), within its historical context of association with an art movement and renowned ceramic artist, in order to determine its eligibility . . .

When the colonists landed on the east coast the first thing they did was build a church, and a tavern. The tavern served a critical need in the early development of the colonies and the United States. Today the local bar still serves a historical and . . .

This project explores the creation of an exhibit on water-rights issues in the Klamath River Basin from the viewpoint of the Hupa, Karuk, and Yurok people. The project relied on oral histories of the Hupa, Karuk, and Yurok specifically on the traditio . . .

This project establishes a historic context for, and determines the eligibility of, the nomination of the George and Eliza Withington House to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic single dwelling, with an accompanying nomination form . . .

The exhibit, “Greeks on the Road to World War I,” was held in the Library Gallery on the California State University, Sacramento campus between April 1-26th. It memorialized the 100th anniversary of WWI and presented the history of Greece’s involvemen . . .